Critical political theory and moral development

1977 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
HerbertG. Reid ◽  
ErnestJ. Yanarella
Keyword(s):  
Moral Development ◽  
Political Theory ◽  
Critical Political Theory

scholarly journals Kritik in der Krise

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Critical Theory ◽  
Political Theory ◽  
Current Crisis ◽  
Political Thinking ◽  
Critical Political Theory

In times of crises, critical thinking needs to be maintained and fostered. This volume on critical political theory in the coronavirus pandemic brings together 13 contributions that offer a variety of perspectives on the interrelationship between critique and crisis. What are the consequences of the current crisis for critical political thinking—and what contribution can critical theory offer to our understanding of current challenges? With contributions by Clara Arnold, Simon Duncker, Oliver Flügel-Martinsen, Lea Jonas, Kristoffer Klement, Jamila Maldous, Noah Marschner, Samia Mohammed, Malte Pasler, Demokrat Ramadani, Gerrit Tiefenthal, Andreas Vasilache and Nele Weiher.

“We must agree on our vision”

2011 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 68-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Skilling
Keyword(s):  
Political Theory ◽  
Coalition Government ◽  
Discursive Construction ◽  
Person Plural ◽  
Ethical Implications ◽  
Political Function ◽  
National Response ◽  
Critical Political Theory ◽  
First Person Plural ◽  
National Purpose

From 1999–2008, New Zealand’s Labour-led coalition Government fashioned a specific discourse of globalisation and the nation. Within a representation of globalisation as a realm of hostile competition, New Zealanders were increasingly addressed as contributors to an urgently necessary and meaningfully shared national response. While there was nothing particularly unusual about this discourse, the history and structure of New Zealand society meant that its political and ethical implications could be seen particularly clearly in this setting. This article analyses three key features of the government’s discourse — its future-focussed orientation, its heavy use of imperative terms and its careful use of the first person plural — and shows how they led logically to a reductive address and positioning of individuals and sub-state groups. Drawing on elements of CDA and critical political theory, it explores how the discursive construction of a shared (national) purpose served an anti-political function by marginalising divergent perspectives, including the historically-based claims of the indigenous Maori.

Political Theory and Miscellaneous

1949 ◽  
Vol 43 (02) ◽  
pp. 399-402
Author(s):  
Harold F. Gosnell
Keyword(s):  
Political Theory
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